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Title: The people's war book; history, cyclopaedia and chronology of the great world war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, J. Martin (James Martin), b. 1859 Canfield, Harry S. (from old catalog), joint author Plewman, William Rothwell, 1880- (from old catalog) Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929 Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Cleveland, O., The R.C. Barnum co. Detroit, Mich., The F.B. Dickerson co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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re no guns of thecaliber mentioned manufactured in Amer-ica on our front at the date the armisticewas sigiied. The only guns of these typesproduced at home thus far received inFrance are 109 75 millimeter guns. Same Situation in Aviation. In aviation we were in the same situa-tion, and here again the French governmentcame to our aid until our own aviation pro-gram should be under way. We obtainedfrom the French the necessary planes fortraining our personnel, and they have pro-vided us with a total of 2,676 pursuit, ob-servation and bombing planes. The first airplanes received from homearrived in May, and altogether we havereceived 1,379. The first American squad-ron, completely equipped by American pro-duction, including airplanes, crossed theGerman lines on August 7th, 1918. As totanks, we were also compelled to rely uponthe French. Here, however, we were lessfortunate, for the reason that the Frenchproduction could barely meet the require-ments of their own armies. JOHN J. PERSHING.
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Americans Going Forward to Bring Home the Bacon. Troops of the 7th Infantry are climbing aboardtrucks of the Motor Transport Service on the way to to the firing line relieving those who have already ridden part of the way. Achievements of the American Navy in the War By Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy. (Official Report dated December 9, 1918) War was declared on April G, 1917. On the 4thof May a detachment of destroyers was in Euro-pean waters. By January 1, 1918, there were U.3United States naval ships across, and in October,1918, the total had reached 338 ships of all classes.At the present time there are 5,000 officers and 70,-000 enlisted men of the United States Navy servingin Europe, this total being greater than the fullstrength of the navy when the United States en-. tered the war. American and British ships have carried over 2,-000,000 American troops overseas. The United Statesdid not possess enough ships to carry over our troopsas rapidly as they were ready to sail

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